Police Seek Identity Of Abandoned Infant

BLUE ISLAND — Police on Wednesday were seeking to identify a 3-week-old baby who was left in the waiting room of St. Francis Hospital and Health Center in Blue Island.

The child showed no signs of abuse or malnutrition and was clad in a pink suit and wrapped in a pink blanket, said Police Chief Robert Grantland.

The baby was left with an 11-year-old girl who was at the hospital visiting her mother. Grantland said a woman entered the waiting room with the baby and another child and asked the girl to watch the baby while she went to her car. The woman took the older child and left, witnesses said.

After a few minutes, the 11-year-old summoned a security guard, who was unable to find the woman. The baby will be placed in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Grantland said.